Nice thought experiment. It doesn't work, but it's nice.
No such thing as a perfectly rigid beam, for starters. Kurt On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 12:22, Peter van Houten<peter...@gmail.com> wrote: > Using a type of Einsteinian thought experiment I used to describe > to my students; if you and your friend were to construct two rigid > beams, each a light year in length and arrange them alongside each > other, about a foot apart, it would be easy to transmit information > *much* faster than light. Simply move the one beam slightly and, due to > leverage, the other end of the beam (a light year away) would move > instantaneously. Your friend would only see the image of you moving the > beam a year later but would already know about it! > > -- > Peter van Houten > > On the 29/07/2009 20:58, Jon Harris wrote the following: >> >> Sorry the faster than light travel is at the math modeling level not the >> functional model level. >> Jon >> >> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Jon Harris <jk.har...@gmail.com >> <mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> They have already done the computers that talk, transporters at the >> molecular level, and proved the existance of anti-matter. It will >> only be time before it is all true. Scientist are also working on >> faster than light travel and have two working models now. >> Jon >> >> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr >> <michealespin...@gmail.com <mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Awesome. >> >> -- >> ME2 >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Sherry >> Abercrombie<saber...@gmail.com <mailto:saber...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> > http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,535252,00.html >> > >> > -- >> > Sherry Abercrombie >> > >> > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable >> from magic." >> > Arthur C. Clarke > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
